Hemispheric specialization for language in children with different types of specific language impairment

Cortex

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 157-167

  Pecini, Chiara ^a,b   Casalini, Claudia ^a   Brizzolara, Daniela ^a,b   Cipriani, Paola ^a,b   Pfanner, Lucia ^a   Chilosi, Anna ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dichotic listening test; Language lateralization; Specific language impairment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICHOTIC LISTENING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TEST; PHONETICS;

EID: 13244251021     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-9452(08)70890-6     Document Type: Article

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